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CULTURAL CHANGES - Coggle Diagram
CULTURAL CHANGES
Humanist philosophy
A renewed interest in classical culture
the point of reference
intellectual
artistic activity
Anthropocentrism
the centre of philosophical
reflection
artistic creation
they abandoned theocentrism of the Middle Ages
they tried to explain reality without religion
Optimism and creativity
replaced by the belief in a better life in this world
Creativity was oriented towards obtaining better techniques
which resulted in numerous inventions
The desire for knowledge
not limit their knowledge to one special area
great intellectual curiosity
wanted to learn about everything
Critical thinking
based on tradition
tried to explain natural phenomena through
Individual reflection: reason
Extensive studies: research
Practical demonstrations: experimentation
The use of vernacular languages
most book
were written in Latin
started to write their works in languages spoken in their countries
This was the case of the Italians
Petrarch (Canzoniere)
Boccaccio (the Decameron)
Dante (Divine Comedy)
Scientific advances and the spread of new ideas
Copernicus proposed a revolutionary theory
heliocentric hypothesis
new ideas are two factors
The invention (printing press by Gutenberg)
enabled a large number of books to be printed
first book was printed on his invention in 1455
new ideas reached more people through books
The creation of cultural institutions
were founded
science academy
arts academy
The most important were in
Florence
Rome
Naples
also spread from many universities
Rome
Bologna
Padua
At the beginning of the Early Modern Age there were also significant developments in thinking and science
Ideas spread rapidly due to an extremely important invention: the printing press